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J. BOLLINGER.

GOMBINBD CORN PLANTER AND PLOW.

(No Model.)

Patented Mar. 3, 1885..

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JOSEPH BOLLINGER, OF BRAOKEN, INDIANA.

COMBINED CORN PLANTER VAND PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,296, dated March 3,1885.

Application filed October 22, 1884. (No model.)

Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedCorn Planter and Plow; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe ann eXed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view Of my invention, and Fig.2 a longitudinal section thereof.

The object of the present invention is to provide a combinedcorn-planter and corn-plow that will successfully plant the corn withoutin any manner having first scored, furrowed out, or marked the ground tobe planted.

The invention consists in the several details of construction,substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the side bars, and B the axlerigidly connected thereto, upon/the ends of which are mounted suitabledriving-wheels@ atongne, D, being connected to the axle and extending'forward sufficiently to attach the team thereto. The seed -boXes E aresupported above the axle B by metal braces F,connected thereto and tothe boxes, a seat, a, being provided between the boxes for the driver,and also a foot-rest, b, attached to the tongue D.

To the forward end of the side bars, A, is pivoted a transverse bar, G,provided near its ends with inwardly-extending arms c,to which areconnected at an acute angle the standards d, carrying suitable shovels,H.

The beam G being pivoted as hereinbefore described the shovels H mayberaised or lowered at will by means of the lever I, which is pivoted atits lower end to the tongue D. This lever is also pivoted to alongitudinal rod, J, which has its ends pivoted to brackets e,uponthetransverse pivoted bar G, and a similar bar, K, pivoted to the rearends of the side bars, A, which also has arms f and standards g, thelatter having attached bifurcated shovels or eoverers L. v

The boXes E, which contain the grain or seed, are provided at theirbottom with discharge-openings l1, under which is arranged a transversefeed-slide, M, having openings i, corresponding in size and shape to theopenings in the feed-boxes, said slide having a lever, N, by which meansthe slide can be held stationary, so that no corn will be dropped whileturning or moving the machine about when not in use. The slide M isoperated by means ofcam-blocks k,workingn contact with theinclined en dZ ofthe slide, aspring, m, bearing against the opposite end of theslide,forc ing it back to its former position after being acted upon bythe cam-blocks. The slide M, immediately under the opening therein, hasrigidly secured to it the upper ends of rubber or other flexible tubes,P, the opposite or lower ends of said tubes being secured to thestandards d in the rear of the shovels H. To facilitate their attachmentat this point, the standards are preferably grooved to form seats forthe ends of the tubes, the same moving with the slide and also with theshovels when raised or lowered, the latter being set far enough apart inthe construction ot' the machine'to make room between them equal to thedistance required by the farmer between two rows of corn.

' As the machine is drawn across the field and the furrows are beingmade by the shovels H, and the slide M operated by the cam-blocks k, onone of the wheels C, the corn drops from the boxes E, through theopenings h z', down through the tubes P into the furrows behind theshovels, and is covered by the bifur-l cated shovels L as the machinemoves along.

The lever I is brought in use when it is desired to elevate the shovelsH L, and after the first row is made,a guide, R, may be connected to themachine, the upright portion thereof passing along over the last rowplanted, and is so adjusted as to mark the ground the distance requiredbetween the rows from the furrowing-shovelneXt to it.

The width the hills in the row are to be made apart is governed andregulated by the sizeof the driving-wheel and the position in which thecam-blocks are placed.

vWhen it is desired to make a corn-plow of the machine,the two back orcovering shovels are moved forward and attached to the axle and set farenough on the inside of the furrow- IOO ing-shovels, so that the addedshovels, in connection therewith, may pass on opposite sides of thecorn-rows.

It is especially desirable that the cam-blocks on the driving-wheelsshould be adjustable,so as to change their position and action on thefeedslide to adapt the machine to the width the hillsin the row are tobe made apart. To;

accomplish this, any suitable means may be employedsuch as clamps,setscrews, Aor bolts-and, if preferred, solid truck-wheels may be usedin place of the spoke-Wheels, as shown. lThe spring m may be connectedto the seed-box by slot and set-screw, so that the point of attachmentto its lower end may be lengthened or shortened to regulate the tensionthereof, and its consequent action on the slide. i

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Aframe carrying shovels, with means for elevating` them, a guideconnected to the frame, and fseed-boxes connected to the axle by metalbraces, in combination with a feedslide operated by canrblocks on one ofthe drive-wheels, and iexible discharge-tubes for the seed, said tubesbeing rigidly secured to the slide and to the standards carrying thefurrowshovels, substantially as and for the lpurpose described.

2. A frame carrying shovels, with means for raising and lowering them,and seed-boxes snpported over the axle of the machine by bracket, incombination with aseed-slide, and camblocks adj ustably connected to oneof the drivewheels, and a spring connected to the end of one of theseed-boxes for acting on the slide, and flexible tubes for the dischargeof the seed connected to the slide and moving with 4o it and also to thestandards of the furrowshovels, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence 45 of two witnesses.

JOSEPH BOLLINGER.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN CULLER, JOHN BOLLINGER.

